Helping Students Write Well
Author | : Barbara E. Fassler Walvoord |
Publisher | : Modern Language Assn of Amer |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 1986-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 087352201X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780873522014 |
Rating | : 4/5 (014 Downloads) |
Download or read book Helping Students Write Well written by Barbara E. Fassler Walvoord and published by Modern Language Assn of Amer. This book was released on 1986-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helping Students Write Well has become the standard manual for most college instructors seeking to integrate writing into their courses more effectively. The book suggests techniques for responding to student work, guiding student peer groups, and dealing with specific writing problems. Aimed at college faculty in a variety of disciplines -- history, sociology, biology, marketing, psychology, literature, and others -- Barbara Walvoord's lively text provides methods for helping students -- generate ideas -- bring topics into focus -- gather and integrate library information -- organize reasoning and evidence -- follow a required format -- draft, revise, and edit -- improve style and mechanics -- compose visual aidsHelping Students Write Well is an essential tool both for those who teach writing and for those who want to make writing a significant part of their courses.